Mario von Brun

Mario von Brun (11 August 1779-21 January 1813) was a colonel of France during the Napoleonic Wars. He led a regiment of Chasseurs a Cheval during the Russian Campaign, where he was killed.

== Biography =

Mario von Brun was born in Heidelberg, Germany in 1779. He was made a colonel of the French Empire's cavalry after serving in the War of the Third Coalition as one of Marshal Joachim Murat's cavalrymen. Brun became the leader of a regiment of Chasseurs a Cheval and participated in the Russian Campaign. On the return trip he was ordered to make a suicidal defense of the Swiecie Heights to allow French infantry to come up and support his cavalry. Brun was killed by Russian Opelchenie during the Battle of Swiecie, along with many of his Chasseurs.